Turso
Managed SQLite built on libSQL, priced per database with rows read and written as the metered units.
- Managed databases
- Yes
- $4.99/month for Developer, the cheapest paid plan. Scaler is $24.92 and Pro $416.58.
- Not documented
Who it suits.
Applications that want a database per tenant or per user — 100 databases on the free plan and unlimited above it make that a shape you can actually build.
Consider something else if…
It is SQLite, not Postgres: the metered units are rows read and written rather than compute, and the extension ecosystem you may be relying on is not there.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
What the documentation says.
Each value below links to the page it was read from, with the sentence it came from. Criteria Turso does not publish are not listed.
Pricing
Free tier
Yes
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Turso ↗
“Free $0 Sign up [...] Databases Free 100 [...] Storage Free 5GB [...] Monthly Rows Read Free 500 Million [...] Monthly Rows Written Free 10 Million”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Entry paid plan
$4.99/month for Developer, the cheapest paid plan. Scaler is $24.92 and Pro $416.58.
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Turso ↗
“Developer $ 4.99 /month Get Developer Scaler $ 24.92 /month Get Scaler Pro $ 416.58 /month”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Pricing model
Per database, metered on rows rather than compute time: 500 million rows read and 10 million written a month on the free plan, 2.5 billion and 25 million on Developer, with overage at $1 per billion rows read and $1 per million written.
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Turso ↗
“Monthly Rows Read Free 500 Million Developer 2.5 Billion + $1 / Billion Scaler 100 Billion + $0.80 / Billion [...] Monthly Rows Written Free 10 Million Developer 25 Million + $1 / Million”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Limits
Storage (entry plan)
9 GB on Developer, then $0.75 per GB. The free plan includes 5 GB; Scaler is 24 GB at $0.50 and Pro 50 GB at $0.45.
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Turso ↗
“Storage Free 5GB Developer 9GB + $0.75 / GB Scaler 24GB + $0.50 / GB Pro 50GB + $0.45 / GB”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Data
Engine
SQLite, via libSQL — Turso's own fork. Not Postgres or MySQL, so the query surface and the client libraries differ from every other database on this site.
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Turso ↗
“Embedded Replicas Database Branching Backups & Recovery Platform API Turso Database Quickstart”
Read 2026-09-06 · official site
Database branching
Supported
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Turso ↗
“Embedded Replicas Database Branching Backups & Recovery [...] Do Database Branches cost money?”
Read 2026-09-06 · official site
Point-in-time recovery
10 days on Developer. 1 day on the free plan, 30 days on Scaler and 90 days on Pro.
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Turso ↗
“Point-In-Time Restore Free 1 day Developer 10 days Scaler 30 days Pro 90 days”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.
Turso in the news
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